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Jeremy Hunt's perma-smile undimmed despite Commons roastinghttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/jun/13/jeremy-hunt-survives-commons-vote
The culture secretary won the big vote, of course, but the prime minister was definitely rattled – because he got rude<p>It was &quot;poke Jeremy Hunt with a sharp stick&quot; day in the Commons on Wednesday. The culture secretary won the big vote, as everyone knew he would, but his torso must have been covered with blood and bruises. Though nothing shifted his perma-smile. What's that about? It looks as if it's held in place by toothpicks, like a recipe for chicken kiev. His grin may well conceal a tasty mixture of butter and garlic.</p><p>So we forgot the spiralling recession; Ed Miliband used prime minister's questions to aim a few jabs at Hunt instead. Why hadn't his case been forwarded to Sir Alex Allan, the independent adviser on ministerial interests?</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/jun/13/jeremy-hunt-survives-commons-vote">Continue reading...</a>Jeremy HuntPoliticsLeveson inquiryMediaNews CorporationMedia businessSky plcTelevision industryHouse of CommonsDavid CameronWed, 13 Jun 2012 19:15:38 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/jun/13/jeremy-hunt-survives-commons-voteRex FeaturesDoes Jeremy Hunt's omnipresent grin look like a chicken kiev? Photograph: Rex FeaturesRex FeaturesDoes Jeremy Hunt's omnipresent grin look like a chicken kiev? Photograph: Rex FeaturesSimon Hoggart2012-06-13T19:15:38ZJeremy Hunt saboteurs scent blood | Simon Hoggarthttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/apr/26/jeremy-hunt-saboteurs-scent-blood
Labour goes on the attack against the culture secretary although the prime minister is the real target<p>Labour are attacking Jeremy Hunt like beavers working away at a tentpole. They hope, nibble by nibble, to bring him and the whole tepee down. And that includes the Big Chief With Condom On His Head, or the prime minister as he is known on the reservation.</p><p>On the Today programme, Ed Miliband said it &quot;beggared belief&quot; that Hunt was still in office. Later in the morning, Angela Eagle, teeth exposed and whiskers quivering, carried on with the attack. She was facing Sir George Young, the &quot;bicycling baronet&quot;, a man so tall that he has to bend down when he stands, or rather crouches, at the dispatch box. Eagle is his Labour shadow. A short woman from Bridlington, once told by David Cameron to &quot;calm down, dear&quot;, she comes from an entirely different world. If Cameron is an Old Etonian, Sir George is an older Etonian, with that faultless courtesy they no doubt thrash into the boys.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/apr/26/jeremy-hunt-saboteurs-scent-blood">Continue reading...</a>Jeremy HuntAngela EagleEd MilibandDavid CameronJohn BercowHouse of CommonsLabourPoliticsUK newsNews CorporationJames MurdochMedia businessSky plcTelevision industryMediaThu, 26 Apr 2012 21:32:18 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/apr/26/jeremy-hunt-saboteurs-scent-bloodTony Kyriacou/Rex FeaturesJeremy Hunt, the culture secretary. Photograph: Tony Kyriacou/Rex FeaturesTony Kyriacou/Rex FeaturesJeremy Hunt, the culture secretary. Photograph: Tony Kyriacou/Rex FeaturesSimon Hoggart2012-04-26T21:32:18ZJames Murdoch helps out Rupert, voiceless victim of foam hackinghttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/jul/19/rupert-murdoch-foam-simon-hoggart
Rupert Murdoch 'had the most humble day of his life', but no one predicted he would play an old man in a folks' home<p>&quot;This is the most humble day of my life,&quot; said Rupert Murdoch as he started to give his evidence. Maybe, we thought, the only humble day of his life. As has been said before, Murdoch is as full of contrition as a frog is full of toothpaste.</p><p>We all enjoyed a quiet inner snigger at his grisly, ill-delivered line. But he hadn't seen anything yet – he could have no idea he was about to become a major victim of foam-hacking.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/jul/19/rupert-murdoch-foam-simon-hoggart">Continue reading...</a>Phone hackingRupert MurdochJames MurdochNews CorporationNewspapers & magazinesNational newspapersNewspapersMediaUK newsHouse of CommonsPress intrusionTue, 19 Jul 2011 20:39:45 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/jul/19/rupert-murdoch-foam-simon-hoggartParbul/AFP/Getty ImagesRupert Murdoch at the phone-hacking hearing. A silent, wrinkled doll to ventriloquist son James Murdoch. Photograph: Parbul/AFP/Getty ImagesParbul/AFP/Getty ImagesRupert Murdoch at the phone-hacking hearing. A silent, wrinkled doll to James Murdoch as ventriloquist? Photograph: Parbul/AFP/Getty ImagesSimon Hoggart2011-07-19T20:39:45Z